Practically Classics Forum

AWESOME weekend. This was the fourth annual Retro-Rides Gathering, and the first to be held at its new home at Prescott Speed Hill Climb near Cheltenham. Almost 400 campers spent Friday/Saturday enjoying a chilled-out social vibe in the camping field opposite the venue, with the BBQ's burning well into the darkness and the alcohol flowing nicely.

Sunday saw the show proper, with something like 500 cars basking in the picturesque Cotswold sunshine....as well as a fair number of show-goers pitting their steeds against the 1128yd ribbon of tarmac winding it's way inexorably upwards.

Here's a taster, with a link to my own Flickr album at the bottom.










Pick Yer own: http://www.flickr.com/photos/damaged23/ ... 486218452/

Seth wins!

Cheers

The photos are 1024 pixels across so can't see most of the cars..

What is the gold VW badged car please ? It looks stunning.
Is it a Passat ?

Mrotwoman wrote:What is the gold VW badged car please ? It looks stunning.
Is it a Passat ?

I know nothing about VW's (and am probably about to prove it,) and half the pic seems to be missing on my computer, but I.m going to say it's a K70.

Thought it might be,but the front end looks different ?

It's a mid-life four-round-headlight version. Same grille. Early cars wore a pair of oblongish lights.

bent8rover wrote:Early cars wore a pair of oblongish lights.

Yay. An excuse to put up a picture of a K70:


The wheels on the one in Brian's photo collection, what are those? They have the look of the Cosmics about them but I'm guessing that, being on a tasteful old VW, they won't be that obvious. Especially when they appear to be attached to 5 stud hubs.

They've been remade.

What you want is the JBW Cosmic Alloy Wheel

They look fantastic


But is it really better than a proper NSU K70, on the proper wheels...

Hello all,

The K70 is mine and yes it looks way better than a stock one.

It also now goes around corners without swapping lanes!

al.

Hello Al

Superb looking car mate,well done